41. SQUEEZE Three boys have to choose between a gang and a youth center. 42. Solomon was met by his parents and a lawyer after the shooting, and was being held in a youth detention center. 43. Ten years ago in Times Square, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and the SafeSpace homeless youth center shared more than the brick wall between them. 44. Susana Ruiz, a Mexican national, runs a taco stand a block from the youth center. 45. The church is the senior center, the youth center, the power center. 46. The day before brought a tale of how juveniles held over the weekend at a city youth detention center were given nothing to eat. 47. The foundation also runs projects for children and is establishing youth centers for young Ethiopian Jews in Israel. 48. The foundation hopes to fund enrichment programs in schools and in youth detention centers. 49. The lawyer visited the boy at a youth detention center in Lawrenceville Friday night. 50. The invitation to express what they know is not something familiar to the clientele of the youth center. |